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Sleeping in ? Smelling the roses (pine trees) ? ( Shorter section today ... he can afford it )saywatt said:Where Tony be :?: :?
Sleeping in ? Smelling the roses (pine trees) ? ( Shorter section today ... he can afford it )saywatt said:Where Tony be :?: :?
drees said:Looks like he's still going about 25-30 mph - halfway to Big Sur - 47 mi from Morrow Bay, 44 mi to Big Sur. Too bad he's driving this stretch at night - it's an absolutely beautiful drive.
To help visualize his progress you can copy in lat/long coordinates from the Spot tracking website into Google Maps.
Here's a map with his last departure point, current position at this time, and destination.
Looks like he's going to need some reserves to make the nearly 1000 ft peak before he descends into Big Sur, but once he makes that peak he should be good to go. At 30 mph he should be good for 130+ miles pretty easily, so it looks like he's playing it conservative which is good.
Tony's SPOT site indicates he made it to the RV park at 2:30am (overshot it a bit). Looks like he just turned the car back on about 15 minutes go - it appears that his SPOT tracking device only runs when the car is on.LindaK said:Spent the night at an RV park in Big Sur. He's still there...nos surprising since he was probably setting up their tent at midnight!
JPVLeaf said:This leg is nothing short of amazing, especially considering he seemed to have passed on even a topping off at San Simeon. He must've been pretty confident he was gonna make the 90+ mi., including elevation gains/dips. Even if you see this on paper, you calculate out the range, and you know you just need to slow down to go further, most Leafers still wouldn't do it.
Perhaps, but I'd bet spending six hours on a Level 2 charger also has a lot to do with it.Nubo said:Probably why he opted to drive the stretch at night. Almost all traffic is daytime tourists so a lot fewer cars wanting to pass.
Ingineer said:I believe Tony will turn it off to save battery life when he's not moving.
-Phil
Congrats on that record! I'll be happy to set your car up with the climate control upgrade when we meet up. (Or I meet your car in Davis)TonyWilliams said:Phil's kit to run the fan only would have helped a lot.
Is this analog watt meter any different (? any better) than the energy screen available on the Nav screen of the Leaf?Ingineer said:The LEAFSCAN has a highly sensitive analog watt meter. I currently have mine scaled so it's 50kW full scale, which is the most useful. It becomes surprisingly easy to hypermile with this tool.
WAY better! Way more responsive (updates almost instantly and at a high frequency), way more sensitive (higher resolution), and it shows the true watts from the battery, not just the motor's consumption.Stoaty said:Is this analog watt meter any different (? any better) than the energy screen available on the Nav screen of the Leaf?
MaryC said:Looks like he made it to the Blink in Watsonville, it reports being in use...I hope it is him.
Ingineer said:WAY better! Way more responsive (updates almost instantly and at a high frequency), way more sensitive (higher resolution), and it shows the true watts from the battery, not just the motor's consumption.Stoaty said:Is this analog watt meter any different (? any better) than the energy screen available on the Nav screen of the Leaf?
1051 said:If I am looking at Google Maps correctly, Tony might be charging at Cardinale Nissan in Seaside.
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